Description |
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2001. |
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Special features: original theatrical trailer. |
Credits |
Photography, Ebrahim Ghafouri ; music, Mohamad Reza Darvishi. |
Cast |
Niloufar Pazira, Hassan Tantai, Sadou Teymouri, Hoyatala Hakimi. |
Summary |
Nafas, an Afghan-born Canadian journalist, returns to her homeland in a desperate attempt to reach her sister, who, overcome with grief after being injured by a landmine and her despair over the Taliban's oppression of women, has vowed that she will commit suicide at the time of the next solar eclipse, only three days away. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
Form |
Also issued on VHS. |
System Details |
DVD. |
Awards |
Cannes Film Festival, 2001: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Moshen Makhmalbaf) |
Language |
In English and Farsi with English subtitles. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Women -- Afghanistan -- Drama.
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Sisters -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films -- Iran.
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Added Author |
Makhmalbāf, Muḥsin.
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Pazira, Nelofer, 1973-
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Tantai, Hassan.
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Teymouri, Sadou.
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Hakimi, Hoyatala.
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Ghafori, Ebrahim.
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Darvīshī, Muḥammad Riz̤ā, 1955-
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Avatar Films.
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Makhmalbaf Film House.
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B.A.C. Films.
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Studio Canal+.
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New Yorker Video (Firm)
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Added Title |
Safar e Ghandehar |
ISBN |
1567303102 |
Standard No. |
717119853341 |
Music No. |
DVD 85303 New Yorker Video |
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